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"Drunk as a (what?)"
Barbara Grant
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Chard says to Bourne, regarding Witt: "Drunk as a (...)". It sounds like "loare." What is Chard saying exactly, what is the reference, and was this a Victorian coinage particularly, or something that moderns relate to as well?

I've heard "punch drunk," "dead drunk," "totally smashed," etc., but never the phrase used in the film with a word I've never heard before.

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Barbara
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I think it might be a referal to , " drunk as a Lord " Barbara , a term often used in the UK , well at least one a clean one ! , another one is , as pi**ed as a newt , add two letters ( s ) in the asterisks , never knew a newt could consume booze ! Smile Sapper.
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It's our oldest - and probably most common - simile for referring to inebriation. If someone over-imbibes to excess they are said to be "As drunk as a lord."

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Another I like is 'under the affluence of incohol'.

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I spent most of my money on birds booze and fast cars, the rest I simply wasted.
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You know George makes me think of that comment supposedy made by Lincoln about Grant who it was said drank alot. Lincoln on hearing that said (to paraphrase) that it would be a good idea for his commanders to know what Grant was drinking since he was winning battles for him. George, being a prolific goal scorer, could've helped out others if they only knew what brand he drank. Wink

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I don't think he knew himself in the end!

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"Drunk as a skunk"? That's the phrase I know, but why a skunk, I will never know. Perhaps because it ryhmes with drunk Very Happy

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Try this link in answer to your question:
http://www.takeourword.com/Issue056.html
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Well, there you go, you learn something new every day.

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Barbara Grant
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Dawn,

I have heard "drunk as a skunk" also in the U. S.. Never seriously questioned what that meant.

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Barbara
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And you the one with the skunks Very Happy
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Lord Edward Russell gave a party in London in 1807 where 6,000 men got drunk. A large fountain was used as a punch bowl, into which 800 gallons of brandy were poured. Other ingredients included 70 gallons of rum, 20,000 lemons, 1,400 pounds of sugar and 50 nutmegs
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Drunk as a lord. Before the great temperance movement set in, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, those who could afford to drink thought it quite comme il faut to drink two, three, or even more bottles of port wine for dinner, and few dinners ended without placing the guests under the table in a hopeless state of intoxication. The temperate habits of the last quarter of the nineteenth century renders this phrase now almost unintelligible
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What Ho Gang, I have read all that you good people have contributed and it has increased my knowledge base. Thank you. With temerity, I ask has anyone heard of the Barrister who, when making his final summing up in the case of drink driving charges used, to the anger of the learned Judge, the phrase,, "drunk as a Judge". The Judge, remarked with asperity, that the phrase was; "as drunk as a Lord" to which the Barrister responded, "Thank you my Lordship".

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